Apparatus and method for cleaning a driver used in disk drive manufacturing

Abstract

Disclosed is a cleaning device for cleaning a driver used in a disk drive manufacturing process. The cleaning device includes: a body; a replaceable cleaning pad mounted in the body; and a cover mounted to the body over the cleaning pad, in which, the cover includes an opening to receive the driver and to expose a portion of the cleaning pad to receive and clean the driver. The cleaning device further includes a cleaning pad rotation mechanism mounted in the body that connects to the cleaning pad and rotates the cleaning pad. The cleaning pad rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the cleaning pad such that an unused portion of the cleaning pad is exposed to the opening for receipt of the driver and the cleaning pad rotation mechanism may be activated to rotate the cleaning pad.

1. An apparatus for cleaning a driver used in a disk drive manufacturing process, the apparatus comprising:
 a body; 
 a replaceable cleaning pad mountable in the body; 
 a cover mountable to the body over the cleaning pad, the cover including an opening to receive the driver and to expose a portion of the cleaning pad to receive and clean the driver; 
 a cleaning pad rotation mechanism mounted in the body and connectable to the cleaning pad to rotate the cleaning pad, the cleaning pad rotation mechanism including a push button, 
 wherein the cleaning pad rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the cleaning pad such that an unused portion of the cleaning pad is exposed to the opening for receipt of the driver, the cleaning pad rotation mechanism being activated to rotate the cleaning pad; and 
 a counter, the counter to activate the cleaning pad rotation mechanism by pushing the push button to rotate the cleaning pad and to count how many times the cleaning pad has been rotated by the cleaning pad rotation mechanism. 
 
     
     
       2. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the replaceable cleaning pad is a polyurethane material. 
     
     
       3. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the driver is a screwdriver. 
     
     
       4. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the driver is a torx driver. 
     
     
       5. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the cleaning pad rotation mechanism includes a pawl and a spring frame, and the push button is coupled to the pawl and the spring frame. 
     
     
       6. The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a maximum rotation value determined by the counter. 
     
     
       7. The apparatus of  claim 6 , further comprising an indicator coupled to the counter, wherein, when the counter has counted the maximum rotation value, the indicator indicates to an operator involved in the disk drive manufacturing process that the replaceable cleaning pad needs to be replaced. 
     
     
       8. The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the body includes a code to be read by the counter to provide the maximum rotation value.